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M. T. CARS-ON 1&5. D. GURGAN-US. GAR DOOR.

No. 472,858. Patented A r.'12, 1892.

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GAR Doon..

No. 472,858. Patented Apr.' 12, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANLY T. CARSON, OF JACKSON, TEN N ESSE, AND JAMES D.

' Y WHISTLER, ALABAMA.

GURGANUS, on

CAR-Doon.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersl Patent No. 472,858, dated April 12, 1892. Application filed May 28, 1891. I Serial No. 394,331. (No model.)

y of Jackson, in the county of Madison and State of Tennessee, and JAMES D. GURGANUS, of Whistler, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama-have invented a new and Improved Car-Door, of which the following is a full, clean'and exact description..

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved car-door which is simple and durable in construction, is readily opened or closed, and is absolutely air and water tight when closed, thus insuring perfect protection to the contents of the car, and is more especially designed for use on refrigerating, fruit, box, and other cars. l

The invention consists of a frame arranged to slide on the side of the car and a panel tted to slide transversely in the said frame. The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. n

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is av transverse section of the same on thelineocof Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line y ry of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view of one of the eccentric-straps. Fig. 5 is a sectional plan View of the same on the line 2 z of Fig. et. Fig. 6 is an enlarged face View of one of the eccentrics. Fig. 7 is a transverse section of the same. Figs. S and 9 are face views of the panel-supports. Figs. 10 and 1l are side elevations of the same, and Fig. 12 is an enlargedside elevation of one of the frame-rollers.

The improved car-door is provided with a rectangular frame A, carrying shoes B or rollers B', engaging a rail C, secured longitudinally on the side of the car D to permit of conveniently moving the car-door to or from the cardoor opening. In the frame A is iitted to slide transverselyapanel E, adapted to close the car-door opening F, as is plainly shown in Figs. l, 2, and 3. The car-door panel E is provided on its inner face with an offset In order to support the panel E in the frame A and to permit of its sliding transversely,

vsets of castings Gand H are provided, of

which the castings G are secured to the frame A and the castings H to the'panel E. Each of the castings G is formed with a transversely- 6o extending groove G',engaged by a correspondingly-shaped tongue H', formed on the opposite casting H, the said sets of castings being arranged at the sides, top, and bottom of the frame A and the panel E, as is plainly shown in Fig. l. The grooved casting G is of su'hicient length to permit the tongueH' to travel laterally, so as to move the panel E completely into 'the `frame A or out of the Y same to close the car-dooropening F, the offset 7o E of the panel engaging the rabbet F'.

The grooves G' of the castings G are open at their inner ends, so as to permit of passing the tongues of the castings H into the said grooves, the front ends of the latter, l

however, being closed to prevent the panel from moving outward out of engagement with the frame. The panel is put in place on the frame A before the car-door is-hung on the side of the car. The panel is placed in posi- 8o tion from the inside of the frame, the tongues of the casting H engaging and sliding in the grooves G' of the castings G. It will be seen that by this arrangement any desired number of .sets of castings G and H may be employed 8 5 on the frame and panel as long as the tonguesl of the castings H are in alignment with th'e groovesin the castings G in each set.A

In order to conveniently impart a trans-- verse sliding motion to the panel E, the fol- 9o lowing device is provided: Sets of eccentrics I and I' are secured on vertically-arranged shafts J and J', respectively, mounted to turn in suitable bearings K and K', respectively,

fastenedr to the front. of the frame A on the top and bottom ofthe same, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. The sets of eccentricsland I' engage eccentric-straps L and L', respectively, secured on the front face of the panel E, so that when the shafts J and J' are turned Ic-o the eccentrics I and I', by engaging the straps L and L', respectively, move the panel E in-.

ward or outward to or from the car-door openf ing F after Aclosing or opening the same Whenever desired. On the shafts J and J are secured hasp-arms N and N', respectively, adapted to engage a staple N2, held on the front of the panel E about midway between the said shafts, as is plainly shown in Fig. l. The stapleN2 is adapted to be engaged by a suitable lock O after the hasp-arms are on the said staple, so as to lock the latter in place to prevent the opening of the panel E after it has been looked in the ear-door opening F.

On eachl side` of the frame A is arranged a staple P, adapted to be engaged by the hasparms N- and N', respectively, When the latter are swung outward in opening the door. A

suitable lockis adapted to engage the staple P after thehasp-arms are in position thereon to lock the arms in place. The panel E is fortned on its inner face near the edges With a packing Q, adapted to be pressed in` contact locked in the door-opening, as is plainly shovvn in Eigs. 2 3,. A similar packing Q. is arranged on the inner face of the offset E and ab'uts against the rabbet F of the door-opening, so that the panel hermetically water. tight joint.

A car-.door constructed in this manner Will securely protect the contents of the car from l rain; dust, sparks of fire, &c., and, permits of locking the car to preventftampering by unauthorized persons. lt will further be seen that the caredoor. is absolutely safe and will not Iiy open While the car is in transit, so, as tol injure bridges or other objects near the track, nor is it liable to expose the contents of the car to loss or damage. It willfurther be seen that the door is not affected by contraction and expansion of the material on account of moisture or variation of temperature, as there is ample room on the edges of the panel to prevent its getting fast, 'as is so frequently the case With the doors now in use. It will further be seen that the panel E may be moved into the frame A Without unlocking the latter from the side of the car, the panel then permitting ventilation of the interiorof the car Whenever desired and With- I' out entirely opening the door.

-Having thus described our invention, We

claim as newv and desire to secure by Letters Patente l'. The combination, with a car formed with a door-opening, of a frame fitted to slide on.

the car and arranged to pass over the said passover the car-door opening, a panel fitted `to slide transversely in the Vsaid frame and adapted to be seated on the car-door opening, andmeans, substantially as described, and held on the said frame and connected with the said panel to move the latter transversely,

, so as tov seat it on the car-door opening, thereby locking the frame in place, as set forth.

3. ln a car-door, vthe combination, with a frame mounted to slide longitudinally on the side of the car and adapted to bellnovfed over the cardoor opening, ota panel fitted to slide transversely in they said frame and provided z with an offset adapted to engage and beseated; f in a rabbetin the car-door opening, and ainechwith the door-casing When theV panel E isv anism, substantially as described, and vheld! i on the said frame andconnectedvwith thesaid panel to move'the latter transversely, so. asto t seat the offset on the rabbet, thus preventing g longitudinal sliding ofV the said frame, asset forth.

seals, the door-openin g and makes an air and 1. In a car-door, the combination, with a framey mounted to slide longitudinally on the side of the car and adapted to pass over the car-door opening, of a panel tted to slide Itransversely in the said frame and adapted to be seated in the carfdoorfopening, shaftsr journaled on the said frame and carrying ec- 'centrics, and eccentric-.straps secured tov the said panel and engaged by thesaid eccentrics,

substantially as shown and described. v

5. In a car-door, the combination, with a frame mounted to slide longitudinally on the side of the car and castings secured on the `said frame and each having ay groovek eX-. tending transversely, of a panel itted into` the said frame Vand castings held on the said panel and provided With tongues engaging the said grooves in the said castings on the frame to permit of sliding the panel transvversely in the frame, substantially as shown 5 and described. f

MANLY T. CARSON. JAMES D. GURGANUS. Vitnesses to signature of Manly. T.l Carson:

DENNIS RYAN, GEO. S. PEARCE. Witnesses to signature of` James D. Gurganus:

H. O. HAYNIE, J. M. ANDREWS.

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